Hay elevator and carrier



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HAY ELEVATOR AND CARRIER.

No. 281,736. Patented July 24, 1883.

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` RAY RLRVATOR AND CARRIER. No. 281,736. PatentedJuly 24, 1883..

UrHjrEnv SrArEs MICHAEL STENTZ, OF

PATENT'- OFFICE.

ALBIQN, AssreNoE To E. MYEEs AND r. A. MvEEs, BOTH oE AsHLAND, oHro.

HAY ELEvAToR 4AND cARRlER.

SPECIFICATION forming-'part of Letters Patent No. 281,736,'dated July 24, 1883, u AppnmnnnniedMayesrisse. (Nomad.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MICHAEL SrENTz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Al'- bion, in the county of Ashland and State of 5 Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay Elevators and Conveyers 5 and I' do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled io in the art to which it appertains to make and `use the saine, reference being had to the acconipanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. The present invention relates to that class i of devices for elevating` and conveying hay or merchandise in barns or store-houses in which the load is conveyed onto an inclined track and caused to run by gravity to the place of 2o deposit..

The invention consists in connecting` a hoist ing-rope with the elevated end of an inclined stationary track passing over guide-pulleys in such a manner that when lowered theload of hay or merchandise can be hung upon a wheeled carrier placed upon said rope. By raising or straightening the rope it is brought in line with the end of the stationary track and virtually fornis a continuation thereof, and when 3o in this position the wheeled carrier passes onto the track and runs to the place of d'eposit by gravity, and the load is then dropped by a suitable tripping device. The carrier is then drawn back onto the rope and lowered for an- 3,5 other load. Certain minor details of construction also constitute part of my invention..

Inthe drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my apparatus, showing the position of the part-s when receiving the load. Fig. 2 is a side 4o elevation, showing the position of the parts when the load is passing onto the stationary track. Fig. 3 is a crosssection of the station ary track and en d view of the hanger and carrier, and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are detail views of the device for connecting the elevating-rope with the stationary track.

The letter A designates aninclined track or rail formed of a round or angular bar, and secured at its lower or depressed end to a bracket or block, a., on the wall of the barn or store-l house. The rail is secured to Vor supported viz: The stationary track having been secured rail, and the latter being inclined, it follows upon a hanger or frame, B, consisting of two or more angular bars, b, the upper ends of which have holes for the reception of hooks d on the rafter of the barn or store-house or suitable vsupp@ting-frame, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. One of the bars I) is generally made longer Jthan the other, so as to cause the rail A, secured thereto, to have the inclination already mentioned. The same result may, howoo ever, be attained by making the bars b equal. in length, and providing suspension-hooks d differing in length. rlhe vertical bars b may be connected by a horizontal bar or stretcher, e, and a hook or brace extending from the side wall or suitable support on the barn engages with the tracksupporting frame' for properly strengthening the same. A rope, C, connected with the upper or elevated end of the rail A passes over a sheave or through a pulley- 7o block, D, on the barn franie or support, and through a pulleyjblock, E, on the iloor of the barn or warehouse. From thence the rope is carried out and connected with a draft-horse or a windlass, for the obj ect hereinafter stated. The rope is connected with vthe rail by means of a shoe, G, which is pivoted or fastened to the rail, and has agrooveor seat for the receptionof the rope, the latter being secured in place bynieans of rivets H, provided with 8o curved heads or end flanges, h. These rivets are passed through the rope and shoe and their ends riveted down, so as to cause the curved heads to overlap and clamp the rope in the manner fully shown in Fig. 4. The carrier I, for receiving the load, consists of a bent bar, a sheave journaled therein, and a bottom hook for the attachment of a hayfork or other device for 'grasping the load.

Theoperation of my apparatus is as follows, 9o

in position within the barn or other place of l deposit, the rope is slackened and the carrier lowered to receive the load, as is shown in Fig. l. The rope isnow hauled taut by a draft-horse, windlass, or otherwise, as above explained, until .the carrier is hoisted to the level of the upper end of the inclined track, and the rope forms a continuation of the same. The carrier then passes, with its load, onto the IOO that the load runs down thereon by its weight ping` the load.

or gravity, and when the place of deposit is reached a` rope, M, connected With the hay.

fork is used for tripping the saine and drop- For repeating the above operations the elevating-rope is slackened and the carrier returned onto it by hauling it back With the trip-rope. A bell or audible signal is generally located at the junction of the rail and rope, to give notice When the load passes onto the rail. This bell is struck by the carrier or by a proper arm attached thereto. The inclined track may be put up in any position Within or outside oi' the barn or warehouse, Wherever proper supports can be obtained for the salne and i'or the upper sheave, so as to receive the load at the inost convenientl point and deliver the saine Wherever desired. In

p operating the invention it is not necessary to let the carrier run to the end of the track bei'ore dropping the load, but the trip-cord can 2.1 In combination with the supported inclined rail or Way of an elevator and conveyer, a pivoted hinged extension, an elevating-rope attached to the free end of the extension, so as to forni, when raised, a continuation oi' the track, suitable pulleys, and a load carrier adapted tobe hoisted and to run on the track or rail, all substantially as described.

In a hay or merchandise elevator and conveyer, the combination of the stationary inclined rail A and the elevating-rope C, connected With the raised end of said rail or track, and adapted to forni a continuation thereof, with a suitable rail-supporting,` frame, a traveli ng load-carrier adapted to run upon the rail, and rope and guide sheaves, as and for the purpose set forth.

4L. The combination of the grooved or channel ed shoe G and the hooked rivetsand clamps H h with theftrack A, having` the shoe pivcted thereto, and the rope C, seated in said shoe and secured thereto by the hooked clamps, as and ior the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I niy si gn aturc in presence of two Witnesses.

MICHAEL STENTZ.

Vit-uesses:

DAVID MITCHELL DANIEL GA BLE. 

